{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tobacco-and-related-products-regulations-2016/regulation-48",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tobacco-and-related-products-regulations-2016/regulation-48.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2016/507",
  "legislation_title": "The Tobacco and Related Products Regulations 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tobacco-and-related-products-regulations-2016",
  "path": "regulation/48",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "48",
  "heading": "Offences",
  "text": "A person is guilty of an offence if that person—\n(a) breaches a provision of\n(i) Part 2 (labelling),\n(ii) Part 3 (emissions, additives etc.) except regulation 14(3) (approved laboratories), or\n(iii) regulation 27 (no supply of products where reporting obligations not complied with);\n(b) fails to submit information to the Secretary of State in accordance with a provision of Part 4 (reporting about tobacco products) or regulation 29 (ingredients information for herbal products for smoking);\n(c) breaches regulation 28 (labelling and presentation of herbal products for smoking) or regulation 30(2) (no supply where reporting obligation not complied with);\n(d) breaches any provision of Part 6 (electronic cigarettes) except regulations 32(5) (annual reporting requirement) and 34 (Secretary of State duty to publish notifications);\n(e) breaches any provision of regulations 42, 43 or 44 (advertising and sponsorship); or\n(f) supplies a product in breach of regulation 47 (cross border distance sales of tobacco products and electronic cigarettes etc.).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "omitted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2026/18",
      "affecting_title": "Tobacco and Vapes Act 2026"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/507/regulation/48",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-10T03:36:22.754234+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}